The American troops who died aboard a downed helicopter in Afghanistan came to the special forces from far-flung corners of the country, some motivated by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. They were intensely patriotic and talented young men with a love of ...

RENO (AP) — Convicted murderer and rapist James Biela grew up in a poor, abusive and “frankly bizarre” household where his father routinely beat his mother and the children cowered in fear, sometimes using a bucket in their bedroom as a toilet, jurors...

An 18-year-old associate of a gang Thursday drove his mother’s car to pick up a friend while a loaded, stolen semi-automatic pistol rested against his waist, according to court records filed Friday in Sparks Justice Court.
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Two children who wrote a scathing obituary of their mother that appeared in Tuesday's Reno Gazette-Journal did not expect the obit to go viral. However, they describe a horrific childhood of abuse and neglect by Marianne Theresa Johnson-Reddick, who died ...

Kathleen Rand got lousy service at a Sparks pharmacy, so she called another to have the order moved. But the old pharmacy wouldn't let it go. When she learned that Nevada law allowed pharmacies to refuse to transfer prescriptions, she called a lawmaker...

About a month ago, Bridgette Denison's worst fears were confirmed: Her 19-year-old daughter, Brianna, had been killed by a serial sexual predator who abducted her Jan. 20 from a friend's home near the University of Nevada, Reno.
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